Python message box shows only the first letter of my title and my message

Question

I have a simple script in Python which I run in Rhino3D. It shows a message box as following :

import ctypes  # An included library with Python install.
ctypes.windll.user32.MessageBoxA(0, "Your text", "Test", 1)

Moreover, it shows only the first letter of each of my text (title and content). How can I solve it ? What is the reason ? Is the problem coming from Rhino3D ?

Possible duplicate of [String problems with Python](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/14648448/string-problems-with-python) — Destrif, Jul 11 '16 at 09:05
As @Destrif pointed, you can use `MessageBoxW(0, u'Hello', u'Window title', 0)` — sozkul, Jul 11 '16 at 09:09

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Aug 15 '22 at 16:12

I had the same problem. The solution for your code is :

import ctypes  # An included library with Python install.
ctypes.windll.user32.MessageBoxA(0, b"Your text", b"Test", 1)

Strings should be byte, so use b''. And I think this problem only appears in Python3.

Python message box shows only the first letter of my title and my message

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